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Now playing Next world news No new community cases found in New Zealand since lockdown There's hope that the restrictions in New Zealand might be short-lived as officials said they had found no new cases. 15/02/2021
Now playing Next New Zealand COVID-19: New Zealand's largest city to go into three-day lockdown This will be the first lockdown in six months for New Zealand, which had stamped out community transmission of the virus. 14/02/2021
Now playing Next New Zealand Tsunami alerts withdrawn after earthquake near New Caledonia New Zealand and Australia issued tsunami warnings after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. 10/02/2021
Now playing Next New Zealand MP stopped from speaking in parliament because he wasn't wearing a tie Rawiri Waititi said his Māori pendant was his choice of a tie and that it was "absurd" he was not allowed to speak in parliament for not wearing a necktie. 09/02/2021
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